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- Aksenova, N.A., et al.
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Structural studies of C60 polymerized at high pressure
- 1997
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In: Proceedings of the Symposium on Recent Advances in the Chemistry and Physics of Fullerenes and Related Materials. - Pennington, NJ : Electrochemical Society, Incorporated. - 1566771927
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)
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- Aksenova, N.A., et al.
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Structure studies of C60 polymerized at low pressures
- 1997
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In: Fullerenes. - Pennington, NJ : The Electrochemical Society. - 1566771927 ; , s. 687-694
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Conference paper (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The structure and lattice properties of a polymerized C60 sample were investigated by X-ray powder diffraction over the range from liquid-nitrogen to room temperature. The aim of these studies was to establish the effect of low-pressure compression (up to 1.1 GPa) on the phase composition of the sample, to determine the structure of the phases involved, to obtain the variation of the lattice parameters with temperature, to observe eventual phase transformation in polymerized C60, and to elucidate the evolution of the orientational order with varying temperature. Analysis of the room-temperature diffraction patterns indicates that the sample contained at least two major phases, namely rhombohedral and and tetragonal with the polymerization array close to two-dimensional. Our data obtained on samples annealed at 300 C in the air allow us to conclude that polymerized C60 converts to a mixture of the fcc structure plus a new phase, presumably C60O.
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- Aleksandrovskii, A. N., et al.
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Negative thermal expansion of fullerite C60 at helium temperatures
- 1997
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In: Low temperature physics (Woodbury, N.Y., Print). - : AIP Publishing. - 1063-777X .- 1090-6517. ; 23:11, s. 943-946
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- The thermal expansion of fullerite C60 has been measured in the temperature range 2–9 K. A compacted fullerite sample with a diameter of about 6 mm and height of 2.4 mm was used. It was found that at temperatures below ~ 3.4 K the linear thermal expansion coefficient becomes negative. At temperatures above 5 K our results are in good agreement with the available literature data. A qualitative explanation of the results is proposed
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- ALEXANDER, C, et al.
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PHOSPHORYLATION OF ELONGATION-FACTOR TU PREVENTS TERNARY COMPLEX-FORMATION
- 1995
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In: JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL CHEMISTRY. - : AMER SOC BIOCHEMISTRY MOLECULAR BIOLOGY INC. - 0021-9258. ; 270:24, s. 14541-14547
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Journal article (other academic/artistic)abstract
- The elongation factor Tu (EF-Tu) is a member of the GTP/GDP-binding proteins and interacts with various partners during the elongation cycle of protein biosynthesis thereby mediating the correct binding of amino-acylated transfer RNA (aa-tRNA) to the acce
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- Alexander, James N.
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Novel detection schemes and high resolution separations in microcolumn liquid separations
- 1999
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Doctoral thesis (other academic/artistic)abstract
- Three micro detectors were developed and studied using micro-liquidchromatography (micro-LC). An evaporative light scattering detector (ELSD) nebulizer was developed for use with flow rates ranging from 0.5 to 10 µL/min. The parameters that affect analyte response were investigated and the most influential were capillary tip position and nebulization gas flow rate. One unique advantage of thismicro detector is that it can be operated at ambient conditions which allows for the analysis of semi-volatile compounds.A radio activity monitor (RAM) flow cell was developed for use at 3 µL/min and was designed for coupling to mass spectrometry (MS). The parameters that affect analyte response and band broadening were studied. Reducing the solid scintillant particle size to 9 µm and efficiently packing the solid cells allowed for direct coupling to MS without compromising the chromatographic separation.A nano-electrospray ionization (BSI) source for MS was developed and coupled to nano-LC and capillary electrophoresis (CE). This source incorporated a 50 µm i.d. stainless steel tip that was coupled to the separation capillary. At flow rates of 100 nL/min a stable electrospray was achieved.A multi-use separations system was developed for isocratic and gradient elution micro-LC, capillary electrochromatography (CEC), and pressure CEC (PEC). The details of the system and studies on peak area and retention time repeatability are reported. Comparisons are made between nano-LC and CEC. On average, column efficiency is 57% greater for CEC compared to nano-LC using the same nanocolumn.
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- Baykov, Alexander A., et al.
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Functional characterization of Escherichia coli inorganic pyrophosphatase in zwitterionic buffers
- 1999
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In: European Journal of Biochemistry. - : Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc.. - 0014-2956 .- 1432-1033. ; 260:2, s. 308-317
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- Catalysis by Escherichia coli inorganic pyrophosphatase (E-PPase) was found to be strongly modulated by Tris and similar aminoalcoholic buffers used in previous studies of this enzyme. By measuring ligand-binding and catalytic properties of E-PPase in zwitterionic buffers, we found that the previous data markedly underestimate Mg2+-binding affinity for two of the three sites present in E-PPase (3.5- to 16-fold) and the rate constant for substrate (dimagnesium pyrophosphate) binding to monomagnesium enzyme (20- to 40-fold). By contrast, Mg2+-binding and substrate conversion in the enzyme-substrate complex are unaffected by buffer. These data indicate that E-PPase requires in total only three Mg2+ ions per active site for best performance, rather than four, as previously believed. As measured by equilibrium dialysis, Mg2+ binds to 2.5 sites per monomer, supporting the notion that one of the tightly binding sites is located at the trimer–trimer interface. Mg2+ binding to the subunit interface site results in increased hexamer stability with only minor consequences for catalytic activity measured in the zwitterionic buffers, whereas Mg2+ binding to this site accelerates substrate binding up to 16-fold in the presence of Tris. Structural considerations favor the notion that the aminoalcohols bind to the E-PPase active site.
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- Edelson, R. A., et al.
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Multiwavelength observations of short-timescale variability in NGC 4151. IV. Analysis of multiwavelength continuum variability
- 1996
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In: Astrophysical Journal. - : American Astronomical Society. - 0004-637X .- 1538-4357. ; 470:1, s. 364-377377
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Journal article (peer-reviewed)abstract
- For pt.III see ibid., vol.470, no.1, p.349-63 (1996). Combines data from the three preceding papers in order to analyze the multi wave-band variability and spectral energy distribution of the Seyfert 1 galaxy NGC 4151 during the 1993 December monitoring campaign. The source, which was near its peak historical brightness, showed strong, correlated variability at X-ray, ultraviolet, and optical wavelengths. The strongest variations were seen in medium-energy (~1.5 keV) X-rays, with a normalized variability amplitude (NVA) of 24%. Weaker (NVA=6%) variations (uncorrelated with those at lower energies) were seen at soft gamma-ray energies of ~100 keV. No significant variability was seen in softer (0.1-1 keV) X-ray bands. In the ultraviolet/optical regime, the NVA decreased from 9% to 1% as the wavelength increased from 1275 to 6900 Aring. These data do not probe extreme ultraviolet (1200 Aring to 0.1 keV) or hard X-ray (250 keV) variability. The phase differences between variations in different bands were consistent with zero lag, with upper limits of lsim0.15 day between 1275 Aring and the other ultraviolet bands, lsim0.3 day between 1275 Aring and 1.5 keV, and lsim1 day between 1275 and 5125 Aring. These tight limits represent more than an order of magnitude improvement over those determined in previous multi-wave-band AGN monitoring campaigns. The ultraviolet fluctuation power spectra showed no evidence for periodicity, but were instead well fitted with a very steep, red power law (ales-2.5)
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